A West New York man has been charged with forcing a woman into his home at knifepoint and beating and raping her in the early morning hours of Saturday, officials said yesterday.

On Saturday around 3 a.m., Oscar M. Reyes Hernandez, 26, of the 5200 block of Hudson Avenue, allegedly approached the victim from behind on the street and forced her into his basement apartment at knifepoint, Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Najma Rana said.

Once inside, Reyes Hernandez ordered the victim to disrobe, and when she hesitated, he began beating her about the head with a perfume bottle, Rana said yesterday. The victim, who was described as being in her mid-40s, suffered scratches on her neck and several large cuts on her head that required stitches to close, Rana said.

Reyes Hernandez then, “physically restrained (the victim) from leaving his apartment in order to sexually assault her,” the criminal complaint says. At one point during the attack, Reyes Hernandez choked the victim using his hands, Rana said.

After raping the woman, Reyes Hernandez forced her out the rear door of his apartment and she was able to flag down a police car a short distance away, Rana said. She was taken to Christ Hospital in Jersey City, where she received several CAT scans to assess her injuries and her wounds were stitched, Rana said.

A warrant for Reyes Hernandez’s arrest was signed Sunday and he was taken into custody by West New York police, the complaint says.

Reyes Hernandez made his first court appearance yesterday in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City on charges including aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping, aggravated assault and criminal restraint, the complaint says.

After that hearing, Hudson County Superior Court Judge Francis Schultz set Reyes Hernandez’s bail at $400,000 cash or bond, and ordered him to surrender his travel documents and have no contact with the victim.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has issued a detainer that will hold the El Salvador native even if he posts bail.

Reyes Hernandez appeared in CJP via video link from Hudson County jail in Kearny. He did not attend the bail hearing before Schultz.